Taxes and Tyranny
What does it mean to boycott?
to refuse to buy the items
August 1774
What war was fought to control the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes region?
The French and Indian War
What tribe was Little Turtle from?
Miami
What year did the French and Indiana War start?
1754
The _________ put taxes on many household items, such as paint, glass, and tea.
a. British acts
b. Colonial Acts
c. King George III
d. Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts
The men who answered the alarm in case the British moved to take stores of gunpowder again would be known as _______.
a. fighters
b. minutemen
c. service men
d. soldiers
minutemen
Who attacked British Forts in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley regions?
George Rogers Clark
Who had a vision about how he would lead Native Americans to reclaim their lost land?
Tenkswatawa
How long did the French and Indian War last?
a. 4 years
b. 6 years
c. 9 years
d. 8 years
nine years
What was the name of the event that happened on March 5, 1770?
The Boston Massacre
What year did General Gage and the British regular take control of the Massachusetts colony?
1775
Where did the Revolutionary War end?
Yorktown, Virginia
Who became president of the United States?
William Henry Harrison
Why were the colonists being taxed?
a. to build new ships
b. to pay for the war
c. to build new colonies
d. to plant more crops
to pay for the war
What did the British soldiers do to enforce the Townshend Acts?
a. Damaged the city.
b. made promises to colonists.
c. lived in private homes and public buildings
d. stole tea from the colonists
Lived in private homes and public buildings
What 2 people were sent to organize the Minutemen and move all the supplies?
Paul Revere and William Dawson
What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris
Who were brothers and what did they each do?
Tecumseh was the military leader and Tenkswatawa was a political and spiritual leader.
How did the British government respond to the colonists not paying taxes?
a. they created new laws, called Acts.
b. they took away all their ships.
c. they charged the colonists more taxes.
d. they paid colonists to collect taxes.
they created new laws, called Acts.
Who painted the picture with the ships in this article?
Paul Revere
Which brother died?
Tecumseh
What is the famous saying from the beginning of the Revolution? "No......
No taxation without representation!